Praying for the PM's ticket

The BJP may havecashed in on its Hindutva ideals to spread the party's
support base in Uttar Pradesh but Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office
at Ravindra Puri in Varanasi (his parliamentary constituency) is being
thronged by Muslim devotees, all hoping to get a ticket for Haj under
the Prime Minister's quota.

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September 19, 2014

ISSUE DATE: September 29, 2014

UPDATED: September 19, 2014 13:22 IST

The BJP may havecashed in on its Hindutva ideals to spread the party's support base in Uttar Pradesh but Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office at Ravindra Puri in Varanasi (his parliamentary constituency) is being thronged by Muslim devotees, all hoping to get a ticket for Haj under the Prime Minister's quota. Most of them were not selected in the qurrah (lottery) for Haj pilgrims conducted by the Akhilesh Yadav government. Less than a month after its inauguration, Modi's office received more than 100 applications for Haj pilgrimage.

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